čirpi

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Karelian

Regional variants of čirpi
North Karelian
(Viena) 		čirppi
South Karelian
(Tver) 		čirpi

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *cirppi. Cognates include Finnish sirppi and Estonian sirp.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃirpi/
  • Hyphenation: čir‧pi

Noun

čirpi (genitive čirpin, partitive čirpie)

  1. (South Karelian) sickle

Declension

Tver Karelian declension of čirpi (type 2/risti, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative čirpi čirpit
genitive čirpin čirpilöin
partitive čirpie čirpilöidä
illative čirpih čirpilöih
inessive čirpissä čirpilöissä
elative čirpistä čirpilöistä
adessive čirpillä čirpilöillä
ablative čirpildä čirpilöildä
translative čirpiksi čirpilöiksi
essive čirpinä čirpilöinä
comitative čirpinke čirpilöinke
abessive čirpittä čirpilöittä
Possessive forms of čirpi
1st person čirpini
2nd person čirpis
3rd person čirpih
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

  • A. V. Punzhina (1994) “čirpi”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN

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Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *cirppi, borrowed from Proto-Slavic *sьrpъ.

Noun

čirpi (genitive čirpin, partitive čirpii)

  1. sickle
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